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Attendees of the Allston Village Street Fair drawing on Farrington Avenue with chalk on Sunday. The festival aims to bring the community together through live performances and local vendors. PHOTO BY SIENA GLEASON

Allston Village Street Fair Festival brings together community with music, vendors, dancing

By Siena Gleason October 1, 2024
The 14th annual Allston Village Street Fair Festival took place on Sunday, where families, students and community members gathered along Harvard Avenue to hear live music, browse local vendors and watch street performances.
People sitting in the Boston University Pub. The City of Boston is considering introducing “social districts,” which are areas where people can legally consume alcoholic beverages outside, to improve nightlife in the city. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Boston considers introducing ‘social districts’ to enhance nightlife  

By Brie Foster October 1, 2024
Boston is exploring the possibility of implementing “social districts” with open container policies to boost the city’s nightlife scene. However, several local businesses have expressed mixed opinions on this initiative.
People walking around the Taste of Allston festival on Saturday. The festival aims to spotlight local Allston restaurants and businesses. ISABELLA OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Allston Village Main Streets hosts 27th Taste of Allston festival

By Julia Hendler October 1, 2024
Allston Village Main Streets, a chapter of the larger Boston Main Streets, hosted the 27th annual Taste of Allston festival at the Jackson Mann Plaza on Saturday.
Local 26 union members in a conference room in the Boston City Hall. A third wave of hospitality strikes led by the Local 26 union began on Friday, Sept. 20. PHOTO BY LIAM DUNNE

Health, safety ordinance on the table as UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers await contract

By Liam Dunne October 1, 2024
City officials deliberated a public health and safety ordinance for hotels on Sept. 26 after workers went on strike at four additional Boston hotels in the third wave of citywide strikes in the past month.
Boston University’s Student Health Services building, which holds the Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Center. Members of four theater groups at BU are forming a new SARP committee specifically for theater. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU theater groups work together to implement sexual assault response and prevention committee

By Josie Kalbfleisch September 30, 2024
Theater groups at Boston University are looking to establish a sexual assault response and prevention committee to better support those involved in theater.
Tom Marton & Pals perform at 32 Russell Street as part of Brookline Porchfest. Porchfest brings the community together through local band performances on the porches of Brookline residents. PHOTO BY SAM MANDALA

Brookline Porchfest hums with excitement from community

By Sam Mandala September 30, 2024
Residents populated the streets, and musicians performed across the porches of Brookline on Saturday in celebration of the ninth annual Brookline Porchfest.
Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include larceny, a bicyclist collision and natural gas odor. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Sept. 23-26

By Katherine Wu September 30, 2024
This week's crime logs include hazardous conditions, shoplifting and elevator entrapment.
Members of the Winsor Robotics Club hold a robotics demonstration during the Science Carnival, which is part of the Cambridge Science Festival, on Sunday. The festival held over 300 free programs for attendees between Sept. 23-29. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cambridge Science Festival engages community with week of scientific wonder

By Emma Mullay September 30, 2024
The annual Cambridge Science Festival took place from Sept. 23 to Sept. 29 across the Charles River, with more than 300 free programs bringing thousands of community members together.
People getting off the T at BU Central station. At its advisory meeting on Thursday, the Riders’ Transportation Access Group announced its plans to increase boarding and payment efficiency on buses and trolleys, as well as plans to connect Boston’s biking and disabled communities through research into biking accidents and in-person panels. ZACH SCHWARTZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

RTAG announces plans for $25,000 grant, discusses ‘all-door boarding’ accessibility initiative

By Liam Dunne September 29, 2024
The Riders’ Transportation Access Group announced plans to connect Boston’s biking and disabled communities, as well as plans for increased boarding and paying efficiency on buses and trolleys, at its advisory meeting on Thursday.
Fiesta en la Plaza event website. Fiesta en la Plaza was a series of events, hosted by Ágora, celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month that closed with a Salsa Night on Friday. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Salsa Night unites community, closes out Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at Civic Pavilion

By Haydee Cepeda September 29, 2024
Fiesta en la Plaza, a series of events celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month held by Ágora, closed with Salsa Night at the Civic Pavilion in Government Center on Friday.
People enter the Boston Public Schools headquarters in the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury. During the BPS Committee meeting on Wednesday, council members discussed improvements for school bus transportation, recent achievements of the Boston Arts Academy students and the opening of the new Josiah Quincy Upper School building. SEAN YOUNG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BPS discusses Zum App improvements, Boston Arts Academy achievements, Josiah Quincy Upper School opening

By Jordan Kramer September 29, 2024
The Boston Public School Committee discussed Zum App improvements for bus transportation, Boston Arts Academy students’ recent achievements and the opening of the new Josiah Quincy Upper School building at its Wednesday meeting.
A protester waves a Palestinian flag outside Agganis Arena, where Boston University President Melissa Gilliam’s inauguration took place. Multiple protests by the BU Graduate Workers Union, BU Students for Justice in Palestine, BU Young Democratic Socialists and BU Palestine Liberation Coalition occurred around campus during the inauguration. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Unions, student groups hold protests during BU presidential inauguration

By Kayla Baltazar, Managing Co-Editor September 27, 2024
Boston University Graduate Workers Union, BU Students for Justice in Palestine, BU Young Democratic Socialists of America and BU Palestine Liberation Coalition protested during the presidential inauguration of Melissa Gilliam today
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